Chaceon quinquedens
| Chaceon quinquedens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Geryonidae |
| Genus: | Chaceon |
| Species: | C. quinquedens |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879) | |
Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab is a deep sea red crab in the Atlantic Ocean off the East coast of the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] According to the Virginia Pilot, the species resembles a snow crab from Alaska. Size-wise, the crab is about five to seven inches across the back of the shell and weighs about one to two pounds.[2] The crab is available from North Carolina to Nova Scotia along the east coast. Many fishermen catch these as a by-catch in their lobster pots. By chance, one of the fishermen tried cooking it and "discovered how tasty one was".[3] The crab had only started getting popular in the year 2013 and is making a name for the Hampton Roads area as a sustainable seafood business adding one more seafood option to the area.[4]